Action 27.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Health & Social Services
- Meeting Date:
- 08/14/2012
- Title:
- First Things First - Parents as Teachers Program
- Submitted By:
- Jennifer Steiger, Health & Social Services
- Department:
- Health & Social Services
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
Approve
Document Signatures:
BOS Signature Required
# of ORIGINALS
Submitted for Signature:
Submitted for Signature:
0
NAME
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
Mary Gomez
TITLE
of PRESENTER:
of PRESENTER:
CHSS Director
Mandated Function?:
Not Mandated
Source of Mandate
or Basis for Support?:
or Basis for Support?:
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Information
Agenda Item Text:
Approve the new subcontract, First Things First – Parents as Teachers, between the Easter Seals Blake Foundation and Cochise Health & Social Services, in the amount of $287,439, for the period of 7/1/12 to 6/30/13.
Background:
The CHSS Prevention Services Division has received the Health Start grant from Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) for over 15 years. Health Start promotes healthy families and pregnancies among county residents, addressing women with a risk factor for pregnancy and post partum issues. The purpose is to reduce those risks through a community health worker program where medically trained community members act as a guide and mentor starting with the pregnancy and ending after the first two years of the child’s life.
Currently ADHS funds 3 community health workers to serve approximately 200 women per year. There are approximately 3000 families in Cochise County with pregnant woman and/or children under age two (2). We have been looking for a way to expand our services to this population.
Recently CHSS has partnered with Easter Seals Blake Foundation (ESBF) in order to respond to the new First Things First RFGA which focuses serving this population using evidence-based home visiting curriculum. CHSS/ESBF submitted a proposal based on the “Parents As Teachers” (PAT) evidence-based home visiting curriculum and received award notice in June, 2012. The total amount of this grant will allow CHSS to hire 4 new Health Educators and ESBF to hire 4 new Health Educators and together we plan to serve 200 additional families with a more intensive home visiting program.
Currently ADHS funds 3 community health workers to serve approximately 200 women per year. There are approximately 3000 families in Cochise County with pregnant woman and/or children under age two (2). We have been looking for a way to expand our services to this population.
Recently CHSS has partnered with Easter Seals Blake Foundation (ESBF) in order to respond to the new First Things First RFGA which focuses serving this population using evidence-based home visiting curriculum. CHSS/ESBF submitted a proposal based on the “Parents As Teachers” (PAT) evidence-based home visiting curriculum and received award notice in June, 2012. The total amount of this grant will allow CHSS to hire 4 new Health Educators and ESBF to hire 4 new Health Educators and together we plan to serve 200 additional families with a more intensive home visiting program.
Department's Next Steps (if approved):
Your approvals are respectfully requested.
Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:
If this contract is not approved it will result in the loss of this grant-funded expansion of services to approximately 200 at-risk pregnant women and parenting families in Cochise County.
To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:
A fully executed original will be sent to the Clerk of the Board for filing.
Fiscal Impact
- Fiscal Year:
- 2012-2013
- One-time Fixed Costs? ($$$):
- Ongoing Costs? ($$$):
- County Match Required? ($$$):
- A-87 Overhead Amt? (Co. Cost Allocation $$$):
- 101,937
- Source of Funding?:
- Easter Seals Blake Foundation
Fiscal Impact & Funding Sources (if known):
This is a grant-funded, fixed price program from First Things First Cochise Regional Council in the amount of $600,000. The CHSS share would be $287,439.
The net county subsidy is calculated as follows (projected salaries/EREs are for the twelve-month funding cycle and reflect the requested staffing level above):
Projected salaries & ERE's: $216,980
A-87 Overhead @ 46.98%: $101,937
Authorized OH: $ 26,131
Net County Subsidy: $ 75,806
The net county subsidy is calculated as follows (projected salaries/EREs are for the twelve-month funding cycle and reflect the requested staffing level above):
Projected salaries & ERE's: $216,980
A-87 Overhead @ 46.98%: $101,937
Authorized OH: $ 26,131
Net County Subsidy: $ 75,806